JUMPERS

Product Information

The CD Jumper is a stylish and versatile piece that adds a touch of sophistication to your wardrobe. With its classic design and high-quality construction, this jumper is a must-have for any fashion-conscious individual. With its timeless design and clean lines, the CD Jumper exudes elegance and versatility. It can be easily dressed up or down, making it suitable for various occasions and outfit combinations. Some CT2230 cards (board revision 49432) do not get header pins on both the Sony and Mitsumi CD-ROM headers, leaving the Panasonic header as the only one you can use.

The CT2260 appeared to be pretty good compatibility-wise, working well for every game I tried. It has a wavetable connector which I tried and it worked well with my NEC XR385 daughterboard, however I can confirm the presence of the "hanging note" bug with this card. Creative Labs introduced the 2nd generation of Sound Blaster 16 cards in 1994, starting with the CT2230. The key difference from the 1st generation is that the Yamaha YMF262 was now gone as a discrete chip. Instead Creative Labs integrated the YMF262 into their own chip called "CT1747". These chips got the official "OPL" logo stamped on them, as they did contain the Yamaha circuitry inside. Also sadly gone was the hardware thumbwheel volume control.

BIOS setup

If you are using Windows 9x, ME, 2000, or XP, and if the drive is installed correctly, it should be detected automatically and installed when the computer first boots up. The majority of Sound Blaster 16 cards feature either a discreteYamaha YMF262OPL-3 FM synthesizer as used on the Sound Blaster Pro II, or a Creative CT1747 chip which has this synthesizer integrated. Some post-1995 cards (notably the CT2910) feature the fully compatibleYamaha YMF289FM synthesis chip instead. All of these contain true Yamaha OPL-3 circuitry. In June 1992, the Sound Blaster 16 was introduced as the successor to the Sound Blaster Pro, though the Pro was sold for a number of years alongside the SB16. The first '16' model was CT1740. For the first time you could get a Sound Blaster card with CD-quality (44 kHz) digital audio sampling. The CT2230, full name Sound Blaster 16 MCD ASP (Multi-CD with ASP chip) was the first of the 2nd-generation Sound Blaster 16 cards. Like the 1st-gen CT1750 it got The CT2749 was identical to the CT2740 but was marketed without the CSP/ASP chip (though still supported this option). More Images

The CT1703-TBS is apparently decent for noise (low) and is also found on the CT2290, AWE32 and AWE64. Called the Sound Blaster 16 MCD (Multi CD), the CT1750 was a CT1740 but with better support for CD-ROM drives - it got This card has been reported to have the hanging note bug, but the only cards I have seen have DSP v4.16 which does not suffer this. More Images Following the success of the CT2260 and its first ViBRA-16 card, the CT2800 or Sound Blaster Vibra 16S, uses an updated chip - the ViBRA 16S (CT2504). This is a Value edition card and is the OEM version of a CT2959. It has the ViBRA 16S chipset and a real full-size Yamaha YMF262 (OPL3) chip. This was the first Creative card to use their new CT1705 bus interface chip which provided it with full Plug & Play capability. Most other 2nd-generation SB16s had the bus interface logic embedded in the CT1747 chip or in the ViBRA chip (CT2501 or CT2504) on ViBRA cards.The Sound Blaster 16 ASP follows the very successful 8-bit Sound Blaster Pro Basic and reinforces the notion that most business users require better sound quality. The new 16-bit Sound Blaster sounds far better than its 8-bit predecessor, although its sound quality falls short of the best audio boards. Several versions of the CT2501 ViBRA-16 chip exist, including CT2501-TBQ, CT2501-TCQ and CT2501-TDQ.

The CT2919 was the non-"Value Edition" version of this card, designed for the OEM market. More Images They made these same cards from 1993 through 1995, so DSP versions 4.05 through 4.13 were all used. Cards with DSP version 4.11, 4.12, or 4.13 suffer from hanging notes when digital sounds and MIDI are played at the same time. It does not matter what MIDI device you use (an external device attached to the game/MIDI port or on the Wave Blaster header) - you will get this bug. The best workaround for this is to use a separate card for MIDI. Any card with the Creative CT1747 chip does not suffer from this bug, nor do those with DSP version 4.04, 4.05 or 4.16. The CT1745A mixer chip from 1992 got an upgrade during this 2nd generation to CT1745-S (1993) and later to CT1745A-S (1994), though the first CT2230 cards still came with the original CT1745A. CT2772 was the same as the CT2770A, but got FCC ID: IBACT-SB16NCDR, which I can only assume means "No CD-ROM", as it didn't come with a CD-ROM interface, but this card did come with a wavetable header which is odd for a value edition card...

How to determine the CD drive type

CT2830 is similar to the CT2700 and even the original CT1740 Sound Blaster 16, in that it has a real Yamaha OPL3 chip, has the same DSP and even still supports a CSP/ASP chip. It comes with an IDE CD-ROM interface.

The CT2770, full name, Sound Blaster 16 Value, was launched in 1994. Being a value edition card, it was pared down to the minimum - no wavetable header and only a Panasonic CD-ROM interface.

Opening the computer

addition if realistic sound synthesis is important. However with the daughterboard installed, you can't use the adjacent slot). Crafted from premium materials, the CD Jumper offers both comfort and durability. Its soft and cozy fabric keeps you warm while providing a luxurious feel against your skin. The CT2230 and CT2290 seem to be the most loved SB16s because they offer the lowest noise output of all the SB16 cards and are not Plug & Play. This is good because we retro gamers like to have our choices at the hardware level! Plug & Play was in its infancy in 1994, and would make configuring your card almost impossible outside of Windows. The CT2810 is another strange card in that it shares its FCC ID with the CT2290 range, but has the ViBRA-16 chip the same as the CT2260. But unlike the CT2260, the CT2810 gets an IDE CD-ROM interface. Board revision 29409 was the original CT2770 and still had the other CD-ROM interface solder pads for Mitsumi and Sony drives, plus the CSP/ASP chip solder pads.